Monthly Archives: March 2012

SDSU Extension is hosting a series of trainings April 10, 17 and 24 for local fruit and vegetable growers and food producers, local food-product processors. The morning sessions will include three business planning sessions running from, 9 a.m. to noon. The afternoon will include three local food focused tracks running … Read Article →

The National Music Museum, on the campus of the University of South Dakota, is pleased to offer an entertaining interpretation of the history of the trumpet at its popular Friday noon-hour Brown Bag Lunch Program on March 30.  The program is free and open to the public. David Shaner, retired … Read Article →

Beginning Friday, March 30, divers will be conducting an extensive inspection of the spillway apron at the Gavins Point Dam. The apron is the cement structure below the spillway that prevents water releases from digging out or "scouring" the area immediately below the spillway. This inspection will take approximately one … Read Article →

Tom Schaack, president of First Bank & Trust, presents a $10,000 gift to Shirley Huber, president of the Vermillion Public Library Foundation. Jerry Johnson, (right) co-chair of the $200,000 Vermillion Public Library Foundation fundraiser and Jane Larson, (left) director of the Vermillion Public Library, look on. Not pictured is Roger … Read Article →

The era of the American Indian boarding schools is of one of the more shameful in United States history. USD students and area residents had a chance to learn about it through first-hand accounts Monday night when the readers' theatre, "The Great Hurt," was presented in Farber Hall. Readers were … Read Article →

In recognition of the South Dakota National Guard's 150 years of service to the state and nation from 1862-2012, the SDNG will be publishing significant dates in the history of the organization all year long for the media's use in your publications or broadcasts. For more information on these events, … Read Article →